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Student Debt on the Rise Again

Two of every three college seniors graduated with loan debt in 2010, with the typical borrower owing $25,250 and students at some historically Black institutions facing higher repayments, new research shows.

African-American

New Orleans’ Dillard University Gets New President

Dillard University on Tuesday named a new president, Dr. Walter Kimbrough, to take over the helm of the historically Black college in New Orleans.

Commentary: Norman Francis – Steeple in a Storm!

Thanks to Norman Francis, when people think of Xavier University, they also think of STEM excellence, writes the executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Lecture: Learning, Educational Attainment Rest on Belief in Students

Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings offered polite criticism, weighty research insights, and humor on Thursday at the Eighth Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research in Washington.

Mississippi College Costs Below U.S. Average

Students at four-year public institutions nationwide are paying an average of more than $8,000 this year for tuition and fees more than ever, according to a College Board report released Wednesday.

Leadership & Policy

Maryland Regents Host Hearing on University Merger

A committee studying a merger of the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore heard Friday from state and city leaders and community members, including many who were opposed to the idea.

Congressman John Conyers Urges Hearings on College Sports

The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is urging the panel to hold hearings on antitrust and other issues in college sports, including the recent series of conference realignments.

Mentors See Program for Girls Continue to Blossom

In the last three years, Awesome Ambitions, which now serves 285 girls, started carrying out its program with girls all through high school, with this year’s seniors being the first to “graduate” with the program.

Thousands Gather at National Mall to Dedicate Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

President Obama said the MLK memorial is not just a monument to pay tribute to Dr. King as an individual, but to all of the people, including the unsung heroes, who comprised the civil rights movement that Dr. King led.

African-American

White House Black College Leader Urges Development of HBCU Online Programs

HBCUs and the online learning community need to become “more married” to reach more African-American students, said Dr. John S. Wilson, executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.

African-American

New House Bill Cuts Funds for HBCUs, Others

Funding for the Title III Strengthening HBCUs program would drop from $236 million to $152 million; Hispanic-serving institutions would face the largest cutback, as funding would fall from the $104 million to just $17 million in 2012.

African-American

Congressional Black Caucus Forum Highlights Achievement Gap Strategies

To eliminate the oft-cited “achievement gap” between Black and White students, the Howard University School of Education dean recommended the federal government invest more heavily in HBCU teacher preparation programs.

Dr. Leslie Fenwick

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